Faithfully Yours,
La Salle Corbell Pickett.
Jan 17 1917
WHAT HAPPENED
TO ME
BY
LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT
(MRS. GEN. GEORGE E. PICKETT)
AUTHOR OF
Pickett and His Men; Literary Hearthstones of Dixie;
Bugles of Gettysburg; Heart of a Soldier;
Across My Path; "In de Miz" Series;
Folk Lore Stories, ETC.
NEW YORK
BRENTANO'S
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY BRENTANO'S
Dedicated to
Selma Lewisohn
In my garden a lily grew, blossoming in snowy purity, fragrant sweetnessand stately grace. It held the summer in its golden heart and the loveof the angels crowned its radiant petals. It bade me "good-morning" andthe dawn was bright with promise. It waved a caress to me in the softwinds of the Junetide noon and the day was filled with light and love.It shone in mystic silver through the moonlight and my night was aglowwith dreams.
Thus a Lily-Soul blooms in the garden of my life to make it glad withthe glory and fragrance of her blossoming. Many hearts are happy becauseof the flowers of Love and Hope and Faith which she has planted. Many alife which in its early dawn held little promise of good has grown intousefulness and beauty in the brightness that the Lily-Soul has given ofher own loveliness to light the dim pathway.
In cloudy days the whiteness of the Lily-Soul has shone like a starthrough my darkness and the sunlight in her golden heart has illuminedthe black veil of sorrow.
La Salle Corbell Pickett.
October 1, 1916.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | "Out of the Everywhere" | 1 |
| II. | The First Prayer | 12 |
| III. | Church Visitors | 19 |
| IV. | My Soldier | 30 |
| V. | A Keepsake for the Angels | 42 |
| VI. | African Royalty | 48 |